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Thambapanni Retreat

3.0 star property

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Beach nearby
Outdoor pool
Exterior
Outdoor pool
Superior Room | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free cots/infant beds

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Spa
  • Pool
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Room service
  • Breakfast available

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Yaddehimulla Road, Unawatuna
  • Unawatuna Beach
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Galle Fort
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Jungle Beach
    ‪12 min drive‬

Room options

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Grand Deluxe Room | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free cots/infant beds

Grand Deluxe Room

  • 340 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Superior Room | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free cots/infant beds

Superior Room

  • 540.0 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Classic Double Room | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free cots/infant beds

Classic Double Room

  • 290.0 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free cots/infant beds

Standard Room

  • 300 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Room | Living area | Flat-screen TV

Deluxe Room

  • 380 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Thambapanni Retreat Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 39 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 39 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 39 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 39 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 39 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Elliot

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Nice Hotel that needs better upkeep

Nice facility, our room was fairly unique with some fake rock. Our daughter's room had a cool outdoor bathtub. You get great use of two other Thambapanni resorts in the area. Rooms are large and interesting. Very musty. The air conditioner needed to be maintained to keep mildew out. Clothes drying rack, nice bathroom and good breakfast. Super accommodating staff. Unawatuna is a bit of a Russian tourist trap. Aggressive tuktuk drivers and merchants. Jungle Beach nice but crowded. The Sea Waves restaurant is awesome for dinner!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

dominique, london

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
everything is made to make you feel welcome, the staff is wonderful, from the cleaners to the pool technician, the cooks , the people at the reception and the manager, thank you all for this lovely stay! the place is a little paradise on earth, the rooms, the restaurant, the swimming pool, the location, one of the best place we ever stay. 2 steps away from the beach, jungle, shopping, restaurants etc.., but away from the busy main street. will defitinely come back!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Cute little hotel.

Thambapanni Retreat is a cute little find in the heart of Unawatuna. I arrived late for the first nights stay and the only room left was a room above the kitchen which was extremely unpleasant and noisy with a window shining light through all evening. I have to say, Anil and his colleague ensured the next day I was upgraded due to the inconvenience and did their level best to resolve the matter.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Kuala Lumpur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely wonderful!. Great service, all of the staff on all levels are attentive and helpful. My room was fantastic, the breakfast was wonderful, location is great. I will definitely be back and for a longer stay. Yoga in the morning made my day, the massage therapists were great. I took a tour arranged by the hotel and it was fantastic. One of the nicest places I have stayed at.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A cute little hotel, made to feel special with plenty of friendly staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were excellent and looked after us. Excellent food and the staff went out of their way to please us. Had an issue with my ears and one of the staff Arune came with us to the hospital to help us sort it out. I thank him for that. A lovely freindly guy. Stay here . Its perfect
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sebastien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Book it! Don’t wait.

Love love love this hotel! Amazing location - 5 min from the beach walking- the room was stunning and super comfy. The spa was GREAT!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely hotel but they overbooked our room

We were overbooked so the room with balcony which we booked via hotels.com (which was prepaid) was available. Very disappointing as we ended up being put in an inside room with no balcony/patio. After discussing with manager we were moved to another room but only after 2 days, which meant us packing and moving out luggage not ideal. So please be careful if you book through hotels.com or Expedia as all the rooms they sell should have a balcony but you may be put in an inside room. Despite the room issues we did like the hotel, the staff were very accommodating and breakfast was fantastic. It’s a shame about mix up with room as we probably would of returned.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Charming little gem

Great staff, so friendly. Lovely large room, a little rough around the edges but all the more charming for it. Everything worked! Breakfast was good, good choice and super staff serving. Yoga available 8-9.30 for 1500LKR if that's your thing. Small pool but everything you need ie:- water, sunbeds etc. Location is great, tucked away from the busy main road yet only an easy 5 minute stroll to the beach and shops with plenty to offer.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jesse

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely Hotel

Fantastic staff, facilities & food. Thank You
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Margaret

Liked: Amenities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

sean

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very average hotel, i would stay somewhere better

First, the staff were not very welcoming. They were not churpy. We did not get the room we booked, it was much smaller than advertised so do not get sucked in like we did. Pros Big bathroom Soft bed safe Cons Terrible breakfast, very basic Room service did not speak english We ordered a Hawaiian but received a tomato pizza Air con was terrible Electricity kept on going out No hot water small bath tub lights outside the room you cant control they were on all night location was not the greatest, had to walk about 10 min to the beach Checkout was slow and bad service The door was so small The massage was soft when i asked her hard 10 times

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good Value Near the Beach

Amazing staff. Buffett breakfast in the morning. Walking distance to Unawatuna Beach, or walk to Jungle Beach is a little further. Nice pool. It's set back off the road for quiet. This isn't a five star hotel, but it's a good value for what I paid and what you get.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Doreen, Cheshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely unusual hotel in a good location

This is a fantastic hotel, however at first we were put in the very top room up a flight of 132 stairs! This room has a great view of the sea, etc but my husband has a bad knee and a heart condition so it wasn't at all suitable. The next day we were moved to a fantastic room lower down, the management were excellent. We were not aware if this issue when booking The staff in the restaurant were lovely, nothing was too much trouble,
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Charming jungle hotel

Might find different kind of insects in the room, but that's the why it is, its in the middle of jungle, I've stayed in superior and deluxe room and I like them both, it is located 5 mins. away the busy beach. I love each room has it's own outdoor resting area nice for a book. Wi-fi is not too stable, breakfast is simple buffet with some local dishes. Front office manager was helpful, restaurant staff. the bald man is such a sweet heart, can't wait to go back!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful views and peaceful

Greated with a warm smile wonderful welcome excellent service helped me arrange whale watching and turtle sanctuary The yoga classes are fantastic very knowledgeable teacher and very relaxing Of all the places I visited I would recommend Unawatuna I loved my room which was in the canopy of bamboo and palms Every day the monkeys were a joy to watch along with the parrots Thank you for my stay I will be back Elaine and Savanna from Edinburgh
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

5-day stay

Nice hotel, perfect for a couple of nights with a young baby. Friendly staff as well.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Suzanne , Burnley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Really friendly staff

Really warm welcome after a long journey, staff always ready to help, wonderful location, especially when the monkeys cross the grounds , clean with fresh flowers every day Good breakfast Great massage, and lovely masseur Yoga every morning, with a very patient teacher Would recommend
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Shaun, dundee scotland.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great hotel two minutes from beach

Great hotel great staff great time had here for two weeks. Great start point for exploring south sri Lanka .
Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Anna, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Peaceful oasis near the beach

This boutique hotel was exactly what we were looking for... classic design, comfortable, friendly and set amongst nature. Just a few minutes walk to the beach, restaurants, bars etc. Staff were excellent.. nothing was too much trouble. We loved our stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Eddie and Tina, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We had a real nice 10 days at the hotel.

We stayed 10 days at the hotel, Piomy ( if I spell her name right) was very helpfull and sweet. There are many little restaurants around, and close to the beach.
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort